tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post8901068709936417387..comments2013-12-27T11:46:33.018-08:00Comments on Google Operating System: Google Discontinues Knol, Friend Connect and Other ServicesAlex Chituhttps://plus.google.com/115880905881518206826noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-91992648015206013442012-04-29T15:46:12.083-07:002012-04-29T15:46:12.083-07:00Excuse me, what?? Will all my followers disappear?...Excuse me, what?? Will all my followers disappear? I wish Google was more transparent about these changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-85438273015934047902012-02-22T11:53:06.803-08:002012-02-22T11:53:06.803-08:00Are Google in financial trouble? Since Knols are w...Are Google in financial trouble? Since Knols are written by volunteers, I wouldn&#39;t have thought Knol cost much to keep going. How much do Google save by ditching it? A few $K per year? Probably less than they spend on corporate hospitality. <br /><br />What annoys me is that by taking the Knols away, Google are contributing to link-rot. I still remember an article that Jakob Nielsen wrote in 1998: &quot;Fighting Linkrot&quot;, http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980614.html . In it, he says: &quot;Any URL that has ever been exposed to the Internet should live forever: never let any URL die since doing so means that other sites that link to you will experience linkrot. If these sites are conscientious, they will eventually update the link, but not all sites do so. Thus, many potential new users will be met by an error message the first time they visit your site instead of getting the valuable content they were expecting. Remember, people follow links because they want something on your site: the best possible introduction and more valuable than any advertising for attracting new customers.&quot;<br /><br />If I&#39;ve linked to a Knol as a resource for my readers, I don&#39;t want Google to kill it and force me to find a replacement. You&#39;d think, with all that they say about how important a good user interface is, that they&#39;d realise this. But perhaps they&#39;re so short of money now that they can&#39;t afford to care.<br /><br />Jocelyn Ireson-PaineJocelyn Painehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698682321877616962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8248324134469700532012-02-12T04:09:52.205-08:002012-02-12T04:09:52.205-08:00I think it is awesome they are focusing on Google+...I think it is awesome they are focusing on Google+ and bringing all the services together to make one big, useful experience.Free Sampleshttp://www.vonbeau.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-63006170976364108082012-01-31T09:05:13.165-08:002012-01-31T09:05:13.165-08:00Timelines was a frantically useful feature! Anyon...Timelines was a frantically useful feature! Anyone know of any search engine that has that? Next most useful would be to rank results in reverse chronological order (oldest first) - anyone doing that?<br /><br />CarynWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-91188435175312432762012-01-11T05:56:23.049-08:002012-01-11T05:56:23.049-08:00From this list, I am particularly sad about Google...From this list, I am particularly sad about Google Gears. Why did they discontinue it before having a viable alternative. The offline Gmail is still in its infancy and the progress seems incredibly slow.Vacilandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16111912597242138838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-11142329427219100392011-12-17T11:11:44.940-08:002011-12-17T11:11:44.940-08:00I became very sad that Google friend connect for b...I became very sad that Google friend connect for blogger is closing. It should not be closed and I love that feature. I will miss that so much.Wish you the besthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016236424193721221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-82851607288465248392011-12-13T16:12:41.325-08:002011-12-13T16:12:41.325-08:00well, at least I won&#39;t have to spend time figu...well, at least I won&#39;t have to spend time figuring out a way to migrate my google friend connect contacts from blogger to wordpress :(Carolinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-87802146848821587832011-11-30T03:27:51.061-08:002011-11-30T03:27:51.061-08:00They discountinued them because they wasn&#39;t po...They discountinued them because they wasn&#39;t popular enoughcolinhttp://teethwhiteningkits2you.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-33186229849894425452011-11-30T03:26:16.886-08:002011-11-30T03:26:16.886-08:00No wonder they have discontinued them I&#39;ve onl...No wonder they have discontinued them I&#39;ve only heard of half of them.sharronhttp://www.sextoys2you.co.uk/Rabbit-Vibrators/c20/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-81730886921689969812011-11-26T06:05:47.673-08:002011-11-26T06:05:47.673-08:00that was marvelous dude.that was marvelous dude.google mehttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-522066489964061062011-11-23T12:18:06.009-08:002011-11-23T12:18:06.009-08:00I am on wordpress and my Google Friend Connect sto...I am on wordpress and my Google Friend Connect stopped working about a week ago. So saying it will work until March is bunch of crap.Shan @ Last Shreds Of Sanityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016900159511069626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-16438576778698174172011-11-23T11:00:15.678-08:002011-11-23T11:00:15.678-08:00What about Blogger? Will it proceed?What about Blogger? Will it proceed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-63820536541485772342011-11-23T09:49:55.057-08:002011-11-23T09:49:55.057-08:00Google Bookmarks will still be available. The list...Google Bookmarks will still be available. The lists feature will be removed.Alex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28844657354279402882011-11-23T09:48:24.035-08:002011-11-23T09:48:24.035-08:00The loss of Google bookmarks might be the straw th...The loss of Google bookmarks might be the straw that breaks my back. I do not use Google+, Chrome is too unflexable fir real use, Gmail works but like others I wonder how much longer it is before they kill that too. I have always liked Google but lately they have been doing nothing but kill services that we use and depend on and have not brought anything back to the table. Google+, oh boy what a pointless service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-20366708709422113552011-11-23T07:50:06.718-08:002011-11-23T07:50:06.718-08:00Frank Ch. Eigler said...
It would be a shame to l...Frank Ch. Eigler said... <br />It would be a shame to lose the various user-provided content. Perhaps wikipedia or archive.org could be interested in taking the knol content? <br /><br /><br />I was thinking the same, it should not be hard, especially with the money Google founders sends to Wiipedia to sort out a migration path to other services, especially services which are so useful to Google directly.David Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017627173674962025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-16666117863441377262011-11-23T02:34:02.820-08:002011-11-23T02:34:02.820-08:00But what about Wave&#39;s scrollbars?! They never ...But what about Wave&#39;s scrollbars?! They never open-sourced them! I need to use those things every now and then! To keep my sanity!Protector onehttp://twitter.com/protector1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-37846481635456802982011-11-23T00:52:54.412-08:002011-11-23T00:52:54.412-08:00Why is Google not merging (or transferring) all th...Why is Google not merging (or transferring) all the data of the services that will disappear into still existing services, e.g. knol into google docs (or something like this), gfc into googlepages or google+ itself? bookmarks into reader or sparks, ... wave can possibly be merged with google+ or a kind of googlegroups or something like that? Buzz could be merged with google+, I suppose? You can export the data, but I&#39;d prefer transferring to existing services. Exporting data is only usefull when you can use the data outside Google without the need of extra software for be able to read the exported files.Katty Geltmeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171804854249838261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-40425618750357635962011-11-22T21:08:47.083-08:002011-11-22T21:08:47.083-08:00In one stroke you&#39;ve pissed off a lot of peopl...In one stroke you&#39;ve pissed off a lot of people. Getting rid of many services that you offered over the years means that anything google does might disappear in the future.<br /><br />As a big gfc user, I started using google plus, but why bother? Google plus will probably disappear in a year or two.Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672571477508031233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-87030071317674811492011-11-22T16:48:33.643-08:002011-11-22T16:48:33.643-08:00Oh, wait, you&#39;re talking about Bookmark Lists,...Oh, wait, you&#39;re talking about Bookmark Lists, not Google Bookmarks themselves. Never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22789982432055939212011-11-22T16:47:17.920-08:002011-11-22T16:47:17.920-08:00What&#39;s a good replacement for Google Bookmark ...What&#39;s a good replacement for Google Bookmark Lists? I use them off my iGoogle page so I have all my bookmarks at home or work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-64097915838193650942011-11-22T15:28:38.138-08:002011-11-22T15:28:38.138-08:00Good for you, Google. You need to kill all of your...Good for you, Google. You need to kill all of your side-projects and just focus on the big boys, like Gmail, Search, Google+, etc. They have their hands in too many places.<br /><br />I wonder how long it will be until Orkut goes bye-bye?JMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12566108591958448753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-39221558197710660212011-11-22T15:21:51.498-08:002011-11-22T15:21:51.498-08:00It would be a shame to lose the various user-provi...It would be a shame to lose the various user-provided content. Perhaps wikipedia or archive.org could be interested in taking the knol content?Frank Ch. Eiglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535966377820034604noreply@blogger.com